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Susan Ryder RP NEAC

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Hellebores

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Susan Ryder RP NEAC
Oil
25 x 30 cm (41 x 46 cm framed)
£1,250
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
26 November 2020

Steps to Covered Walk

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Susan Ryder RP NEAC
Oil
64 x 64 cm (81 x 81 cm framed)
£5,400
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
26 November 2020

The Orchid

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Susan Ryder RP NEAC
Oil
91 x 76 cm (112 x 97 cm framed)
£6,800
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
26 November 2020

John McDonnell QC

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Susan Ryder RP NEAC
Oil
92 x 76 (112 x 97 cm framed)
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
30 September 2020

Joe and his Family

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Susan Ryder RP NEAC
Oil
112 x 142 (132 x 162 cm framed)
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
30 September 2020

The Pink Cushion, Mas des Vignes

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Susan Ryder RP NEAC
Oil
66 x 56 cm
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2019

Garden Drink

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Susan Ryder RP NEAC
Oil
38 x 51 cm
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2019

Venetian Glass

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Susan Ryder RP NEAC
Oil
104 x 81 cm
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2019
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About Susan Ryder RP NEAC

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Artist details

Artist's Statement

Sue's father was a talented amateur painter and at 13 she started borrowing his oil paints.

Her portrait commissions began while she was still at art school and it was there that her love of interiors began with the discovery of Edouard Vuillard and the teaching of Bernard Dunstan.

She is still passionately in love with lamplight, to her it is more thrilling than the most beautiful sunset.

  Setting her scene before starting an interior can take time, moving a lamp a fraction , draping a jacket over a chair or dribbling  wine into a glass to just the right level , the upright stem of a glass is her passion too.

Method of Working

After choosing and arranging her subject, Sue does a pencil sketch to decide on the canvas size and proportion. She then "draws" in paint, squeezing Viridian, Ochre and Cadmium Red on the canvas and rubbing in with a turpy rag before wiping back the lighter areas to feel the composition emerging.

She paints with round hog brushes, her palette: Titanium White, Yellow and Red Cadmium, Alizarin, Viridian, Cerulean, French Ultra and Prussian Blue.

Starting with a middle ground object in mid tone - say a lampshade, she then cuts in with a darker tone behind then adding the important lightest point. She blocks in the larger shapes, always relating to the lightest point and thinking of depth, following with a finer hog for detail and emphasis.

Two to three hours concentration - continuing the next day, light permitting.

Final adjustments in the studio can take some time.

Biographical Details

1944   Born at Windsor.

1961 to 1964   Studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art.

1964 to 1966   Taught art at Claygate School , Esher.

1981   Commissioned by HRH Prince Charles to paint Diana, Princess of Wales in her wedding dress.

1997   Commissioned to paint HM the Queen by the RAC for their centenary .

Married to Martin Bates, Sue divides her time between London and the Scottish Borders.

Society Memberships

New English Art Club
Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

1991   The NEAC Critic's Prize, New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition

1990   Alexon Portrait Award.

1964   David Murray Travel Scholarship.  

Exhibitions

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2018
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2017
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2017
New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition 2016
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2016
New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition 2015
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2015

Other exhibitions

1989   W.H. Patterson, Albemarle Street, London

1995   W.H. Patterson,  Albemarle Street, London

1999   W.H.Patterson, Albemarle Street, London

2004   Oakham Gallery, London

2009   Ackermann Gallery, London

2010   Ackermann Gallery, London ( Antarctica and China).

2013   Panter and Hall, Pall Mall, London.

And frequently in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and other mixed shows.

Commissions

Price guide

Oil

20 x 16 inches: 
£6,000
24 x 20 inches: 
£7,000
30 x 25 inches: 
£9,000
36 x 28 inches: 
£12,000
40 x 30 inches: 
£15,000
50 x 40 inches: 
£17,000
60 x 40 inches: 
£20,500

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